성교육 프로그램이 초등학생 5․6학년생의 성지식, 성태도 및 자기효능감에 미치는 효과

The Effect of Sex Education on Knowledge and Attitude about Sex, and Self-efficacy among High-grade Elementary Students

Purpose: This study is to examine the effect of sex education program on knowledge and attitude about sex, and self-efficacy among high-grade elementary students. Method: This study was an equivalent control group pre-test and post-test design in quasiexperimental research. The participants of this study were 187 at experimental group and 153 at control group. The sex education classes were held once a week for 40 minutes each, over a period of 10 weeks. The data collected were analyzed by the SPSS 15.0 Result: The result were as follows: Experimental group who had sex education program, which reflected self-efficacy component showed higher scores on sex knowledge, sex attitude, and self-efficacy than control group respectively(t= 4.187, p=.001; t=3.332, p= .001; t=2.556, p =.011). Conclusion: Sex education program reflected self-efficacy component was effective for greater knowledge and awareness of the subject. So we authors recommend that the educational policy for sex education has to be established on the school grade and the contents of health education systematically. And also, the designated sex education should be implemented by a school health teacher and the tailored counselling by a professional consultant.